You are officially a decade old. You have been such a lively, lovely addition to our family. You have so much energy and so much love to give. You can be as bouncy as Tigger's tail and as sad as Eeyore's. You put a lot of yourself into whatever you are doing which sometimes means a lot of spontaneous eruptions of quickness and at other times means long meditations on handwriting. You love doing things well and take it hard when things don't turn out the way you wanted. You love people and like doing nice things for them. You don't like being at odds with others and do your best to be at peace with them. You are accommodating, but not a pushover. You are willing to do whatever the group wants unless it means going against your conscience. You like making others happy, but aren't willing to do whatever others want.
You love riding your bike around the neighborhood.
You like wearing your cherries jubilee shorts.
You like doing your hair and often put your own braids in. You don't like getting your glasses dirty or sweaty and often take them off when going out into the warm summer weather to avoid either.
You like hugs and often track me down when I leave my home office to get more coffee. You like being one of the last ones to say goodbye when I leave for my afternoon walk and you like being one of the first ones to greet me home.
You have become a mother hen of sorts and have taken on the responsibility of taking care of the chickens most mornings and evenings. You like making other people's needs one of your priorities.
You have an amazing drawing style. Your cartoons are awesome and you have a unique way of capturing the world in pictures.
You loved the Lord of the Rings and often ask to make sure we don’t miss Story Club. You don't like it when the nights run late and we end up missing our time in Middle Earth. You love Bilbo and Goldberry. Makes sense. Combines two of the best things about you: you are a beautiful, little lady.
You also love Couchechism and often ask to do it. It would be easy for someone to think that you just want more treats, but they'd be wrong. You genuinely love couchechism and hearing lessons from the Bible from your dad.
You like listening to audiobooks and are making your way through the Harry Potter series for the first time. As it's gone along, you've hit some bumps in the Hogwarts' road, but you've hung in there despite the disappointments.
You are a good sister and spend most of your evenings staying up too late with Penelope goofing around. You love watching the plays that she puts on just for you.
You make friends easily and have a few pen pals that you write back and forth to. You have loved our new neighborhood and church and have made friends with lots of people. You find people to sit with during our fellowship meal following service each week.
You read the whole New Testament for the first time this summer doing Same Page Summer with your sisters and we still read a chapter or two from your Bible every Saturday morning during breakfast burritos.
You are a great daughter and I love being your dad. You are beautiful, smart, funny, caring, considerate, cuddly, strong, fun, and funny. I hope you have a great birthday and that you continue to grow in wisdom, stature, and favor with God and people.
Happy Birthday, Laurelai Rush!
Here's to many more.
Love,
Dad
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